TRC-Beginning Teacher Induction and Mentoring (BTIM) Professional Development Academy
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location
Norris Conference Center
2525 West Anderson Lane
Austin, Texas 78757
(512) 451-5011
Eligible Attendees:
Project Directors and Instructional Team Members for Texas Regional Collaboratives BTIM projects. Up to three persons from each project may attend. New BTIM Projects are required to attend this training and will be given preference. Registration will open up to all TRC Projects on February 16th. Spaces for this PDA are limited to 40 participants.
Description
The Beginning Teacher Induction and Mentoring grant will utilize Mentoring Texas. Led by Dr. David Radford and Dr. Cecilia Pierce from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, this three-day research-based foundational training, based on the mentor training model of The New Teacher Center in California that focuses on the knowledge, skills, and understandings that are critical for those who work with beginning teachers. The heart of good mentoring is to respond to each new teacher’s developmental and contextual needs and to promote the ongoing examination of classroom practice. Key concepts included in this training are: creating a vision of quality teaching, defining mentoring roles, identifying new teachers’ needs, understanding the attitudinal phases of new teacher development, building an effective mentoring relationship, differentiating support, developing the language and behavior of support, and assessing the beginning teacher’s level of practice.
Certificates of Participation
Certificates stating 24 Continuing Professional Education hours (CPE credits) earned will be sent electronically after the participant has completed the online course evaluation. Participants should receive the certificate two to three weeks after the PDA. Any questions about certificates should be directed toward the contact person listed on this page.
Contact
Amy Werst
Coordinator for Special Projects
Telephone: 512-471-7450
E-Mail: amy.werst@austin.utexas.edu
Accommodations
Sleeping rooms are available at the workshop site on a first come, first serve basis. Contact the hotel directly by phone to make a reservation. Reservations MUST be made at least one month in advance to ensure a space at the hosting hotel: Hotel Allendale. Please tell the reservationist to use the code "UT-TRC" when making your reservation to get the group rate.
The TRC will pay for lodging at Hotel Allendale for this event but you MUST make your reservation. If you chose to stay at another hotel, lodging must be paid from your TRC project's budget. Only transportation expenses such as car rental, mileage or airfare will be reimbursed by the TRC following the training. Participants will be responsible for any extra expenses.
Parking
Parking is free. The hotel is adjacent to the training site.
Registration
The cost is $45.00 per day per participant. Registration fees cover breakfast, lunch, and training materials. Payments are due before this event. Refunds will not be issued for cancellations or those not in attendance. Spaces for this PDA are limited to 40 persons.
For this 3-day workshop, fees are $135 per person.
Registration Payment
Participants may pay by credit card or check. The registration confirmation email will contain all necessary information to provide to business offices for credit card payment records and check processing instructions.
Checks for registration need to be made out to "The University of Texas at Austin." Please send to the attention of Jeff Early along with the printed registration confirmation email.
Transportation expenses will be reimbursed. Reimbursement forms will be provided at the PDA. All participants are responsible for their own lodging reservations and payments.
Registration Instructions:
Please register at least two-weeks before the event, by March 9th, 2011. Registration is limited to 40 persons, so the link may close earlier than March 9th!
Click the registration button below to register your attendance. You will be asked your name, email, and collaborative. If you are not the project director, you will need to enter your project director's email as well. If you have multiple people attending, please fill out this form for each person that will be attending. You may need to quit and restart your browser to enter multiple people. If you need technical help with the registration page, send an email to the: TRC Web Team.
